diff --git a/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry b/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry
index 2e18f3a3..a833de0f 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry
+++ b/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ if [[ $desktop_file_name != *.desktop ]]; then
   desktop_file_name="$desktop_file_name.desktop"
 fi
 
+user_desktop_dirs=()
 desktop_dirs=()
 if [[ -n ${XDG_DATA_HOME-} ]]; then
-  desktop_dirs+=("$XDG_DATA_HOME/applications")
+  user_desktop_dirs+=("$XDG_DATA_HOME/applications")
 else
-  desktop_dirs+=("$HOME/.local/share/applications")
+  user_desktop_dirs+=("$HOME/.local/share/applications")
 fi
+desktop_dirs+=("${user_desktop_dirs[@]}")
 
 if [[ -n ${XDG_DATA_DIRS-} ]]; then
   IFS=: read -ra data_dirs <<<"$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
@@ -50,17 +52,35 @@ if [[ -z $desktop_file ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+is_user_desktop_file() {
+  local dir desktop_dir
+
+  desktop_dir="${desktop_file%/*}"
+  for dir in "${user_desktop_dirs[@]}"; do
+    [[ $desktop_dir == $dir ]] && return 0
+  done
+
+  return 1
+}
+
 desktop_name="${desktop_file##*/}"
 desktop_name="${desktop_name%.desktop}"
 exec_line="$(sed -n 's/^Exec=//p' "$desktop_file" | head -1)"
 
 if [[ $exec_line =~ omarchy-launch-webapp|omarchy-webapp-handler ]]; then
-  omarchy-webapp-remove "$desktop_name"
+  OMARCHY_REMOVE_NOTIFY=false omarchy-webapp-remove "$desktop_name"
   exit 0
 fi
 
 if [[ $exec_line =~ (^|[[:space:]])(\$TERMINAL|xdg-terminal-exec)[[:space:]].*-e([[:space:]]|$) ]]; then
-  omarchy-tui-remove "$desktop_name"
+  OMARCHY_REMOVE_NOTIFY=false omarchy-tui-remove "$desktop_name"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if is_user_desktop_file; then
+  display_name="${entry_name:-$desktop_name}"
+  rm -f "$desktop_file"
+  update-desktop-database "${desktop_file%/*}" &>/dev/null || true
   exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-tui-remove b/bin/omarchy-tui-remove
index c2c39d07..87dab9b8 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-tui-remove
+++ b/bin/omarchy-tui-remove
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ fi
 icon_name=$(printf '%s\n' "$APP_NAME" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]]\+/-/g; s/^-//; s/-$//')
 rm -f "$DESKTOP_DIR/$APP_NAME.desktop"
 rm -f "$ICON_DIR/$icon_name.png" "$ICON_DIR/$APP_NAME.png" "$OLD_ICON_DIR/$APP_NAME.png"
-omarchy-notification-send -g  "TUI removed" "$APP_NAME"
+if [[ ${OMARCHY_REMOVE_NOTIFY:-true} != "false" ]]; then
+  omarchy-notification-send -g  "TUI removed" "$APP_NAME"
+fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-webapp-remove b/bin/omarchy-webapp-remove
index 92283286..9cf72c38 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-webapp-remove
+++ b/bin/omarchy-webapp-remove
@@ -37,5 +37,7 @@ icon_name=$(printf '%s\n' "$APP_NAME" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^[:
 rm -f "$DESKTOP_DIR/$APP_NAME.desktop"
 rm -f "$ICON_DIR/$icon_name.png" "$ICON_DIR/$APP_NAME.png" "$OLD_ICON_DIR/$APP_NAME.png"
 
-omarchy-notification-send -g  "Web app removed" "$APP_NAME"
+if [[ ${OMARCHY_REMOVE_NOTIFY:-true} != "false" ]]; then
+  omarchy-notification-send -g  "Web app removed" "$APP_NAME"
+fi
 update-desktop-database "$DESKTOP_DIR" &>/dev/null
diff --git a/shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml b/shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml
index 930b304f..a724a3d8 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ Item {
     var desktopId = String(entry.id || "")
     var name = root.entryName(entry)
     root.cancelDelete()
-    root.dismiss()
     Quickshell.execDetached([root.omarchyPath + "/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry", desktopId, name])
   }
 
diff --git a/test/shell.d/launcher-remove-test.sh b/test/shell.d/launcher-remove-test.sh
index 7eb93f6a..1025c19b 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/launcher-remove-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/launcher-remove-test.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
 tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
 trap 'rm -rf "$tmp_dir"' EXIT
 
-mkdir -p "$tmp_dir/data/applications" "$tmp_dir/bin"
+mkdir -p "$tmp_dir/data/applications" "$tmp_dir/system/applications" "$tmp_dir/bin"
 
 write_fake_command() {
   local name="$1"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ write_fake_command() {
 
   cat >"$tmp_dir/bin/$name" <<SCRIPT
 #!/bin/bash
-printf '%s:%s\\n' '$prefix' "\$*" >>"\$TEST_LOG"
+printf '%s:%s:%s\\n' '$prefix' "\${OMARCHY_REMOVE_NOTIFY:-}" "\$*" >>"\$TEST_LOG"
 SCRIPT
   chmod +x "$tmp_dir/bin/$name"
 }
@@ -24,9 +24,21 @@ write_fake_command omarchy-webapp-remove web
 write_fake_command omarchy-tui-remove tui
 write_fake_command omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation terminal
 
+cat >"$tmp_dir/bin/omarchy-notification-send" <<'SCRIPT'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf 'notify::%s\n' "$*" >>"$TEST_LOG"
+SCRIPT
+chmod +x "$tmp_dir/bin/omarchy-notification-send"
+
+cat >"$tmp_dir/bin/update-desktop-database" <<'SCRIPT'
+#!/bin/bash
+:
+SCRIPT
+chmod +x "$tmp_dir/bin/update-desktop-database"
+
 cat >"$tmp_dir/bin/pacman" <<'SCRIPT'
 #!/bin/bash
-if [[ $1 == "-Qqo" ]]; then
+if [[ $1 == "-Qqo" && $2 == */native.desktop ]]; then
   printf 'native-pkg\n'
 fi
 SCRIPT
@@ -44,28 +56,41 @@ Name=Docker
 Exec=xdg-terminal-exec --app-id=TUI.tile -e lazydocker
 DESKTOP
 
-cat >"$tmp_dir/data/applications/native.desktop" <<'DESKTOP'
+cat >"$tmp_dir/system/applications/native.desktop" <<'DESKTOP'
 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=Native
 Exec=native
 DESKTOP
 
+cat >"$tmp_dir/data/applications/aliens.desktop" <<'DESKTOP'
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Aliens
+Exec=retroarch -L /usr/lib/libretro/fbneo_libretro.so /home/example/Games/roms/fbneo/aliens.zip
+DESKTOP
+
 export TEST_LOG="$tmp_dir/log"
 export PATH="$tmp_dir/bin:$PATH"
 export XDG_DATA_HOME="$tmp_dir/data"
-export XDG_DATA_DIRS=
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$tmp_dir/system"
 
 "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry" Basecamp.desktop Basecamp
 "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry" Docker.desktop Docker
 "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry" native.desktop Native
+"$ROOT/bin/omarchy-remove-launcher-entry" aliens.desktop Aliens
 
 mapfile -t lines <"$TEST_LOG"
 
-[[ ${lines[0]} == "web:Basecamp" ]] || fail "launcher remove routes web apps by desktop name" "${lines[0]}"
+[[ ${lines[0]} == "web:false:Basecamp" ]] || fail "launcher remove routes web apps by desktop name" "${lines[0]}"
 pass "launcher remove routes web apps by desktop name"
 
-[[ ${lines[1]} == "tui:Docker" ]] || fail "launcher remove routes TUIs by desktop name" "${lines[1]}"
+[[ ${lines[1]} == "tui:false:Docker" ]] || fail "launcher remove routes TUIs by desktop name" "${lines[1]}"
 pass "launcher remove routes TUIs by desktop name"
 
-[[ ${lines[2]} == "terminal:echo Uninstalling Native...; sudo pacman -Rns native-pkg" ]] || fail "launcher remove opens package uninstall flow" "${lines[2]}"
+[[ ${lines[2]} == "terminal::echo Uninstalling Native...; sudo pacman -Rns native-pkg" ]] || fail "launcher remove opens package uninstall flow" "${lines[2]}"
 pass "launcher remove opens package uninstall flow"
+
+[[ ! -e $tmp_dir/data/applications/aliens.desktop ]] || fail "launcher remove deletes user-owned desktop files"
+pass "launcher remove deletes user-owned desktop files"
+
+(( ${#lines[@]} == 3 )) || fail "launcher remove does not notify for user-owned desktop files" "$(printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}")"
+pass "launcher remove does not notify for user-owned desktop files"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/launcher-search-test.sh b/test/shell.d/launcher-search-test.sh
index 45b08ef6..cf781a2b 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/launcher-search-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/launcher-search-test.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
 
 run_node_test <<'JS'
+const fs = require('fs')
 const search = requireFromRoot('shell/plugins/launcher/LauncherSearch.js')
+const launcherQml = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'shell/plugins/launcher/Launcher.qml'), 'utf8')
 
 const entries = [
   {
@@ -65,4 +67,11 @@ assertEqual(acronymMatches[0], 'Google Contacts', 'short acronym matching still
 
 const directMatches = search.sortedEntries(entries, 'obs').map(row => search.entryName(row.entry))
 assertEqual(directMatches[0], 'OBS Studio', 'direct app-name matching still works')
+
+const confirmDeleteMatch = launcherQml.match(/function confirmDelete\(\) \{([\s\S]*?)\n  \}/)
+assert(confirmDeleteMatch, 'launcher confirmDelete function exists')
+assert(
+  !confirmDeleteMatch[1].includes('root.dismiss()'),
+  'launcher delete keeps launcher open after confirmation'
+)
 JS